I used this a few months ago and it worked fantastically, uploaded like 800G worth of photos!
Comment on immich import tips
davad@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Use this tool for importing a Google takeout file. Follow the examples for Google photos.
dimjim@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes, there are a couple import tools for Google Takeout, and you should absolutely use one. I don’t recall if I used this particular tool, but it is strictly necessary to get a clean import.
fluckx@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I also did it with this.
While you can change it afterwards, it might be worthwhile to check a setting in immich on how it organizes the photos on disk you upload.
I changed it to year/month/photo-id because I find it convenient, but it does not organized them like that for backups.
You can change it at a later date and run a job to “fix it”, but it might be worthwhile to set it up correctly from the start ( if this matters to you ). So no harm done if you change your mind later.